Joining the previously announced Mark Hadfield as Agatha Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in the UK & Ireland Tour of Death On The Nile, will be Glynis Barber as Salome Otterbourne and Bob Barrett as Poirot’s trusted friend, Colonel Race.
The Agatha Christie classic will come to Aberdeen’s His Majesty’s Theatre from Tuesday, February 17 to Saturday, February 21.
Aberdeen Performing Arts’ director of programming and creative projects, Ben Torrie, said: “Our audiences will be on the edge of their seats with this fabulous Agatha Christie classic, and who better to bring it to life than this hugely talented cast, all of whom are no strangers to her iconic back catalogue.”
Glynis Barber as Salome in Death on the Nile, credit Jay Brooks
Glynis Barber became a household name when she starred opposite Michael Brandon in the TV series Dempsey and Makepeace.
More recent TV credits include series regulars Norma Crow in Hollyoaks, Gertrusha in NBC’s The Outpost and Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders, as well as Jean McAteer in The Royal, DCI Grace Barraclough in Emmerdale, Fiona Brake in Night & Day and Soolin in Blake’s 7.
Her previous brushes with Agatha Christie were when she starred as Cora van Stuyvesant in Agatha Christie’s Marple: Endless Night and as Lola Brewster in Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side. Her most recent theatre credits include The Best Man (West End), Stalking the Bogeyman (Southwark Playhouse), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (West End) and The Graduate (UK Tour).
Bob Barrett as Colonel Race in Death on the Nile, credit Jay Brooks
Bob Barrett is best known as Sacha Levy in the long-running Holby City, a role he played from 2010 to 2022. On film, he played George Bryan in John Madden’s Shakespeare in Love. On stage, he most recently appeared in the UK & Ireland Tour of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and the UK Tour of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, both directed by Lucy Bailey.
On board a luxurious cruise under the heat of the Egyptian sun, a couple’s idyllic honeymoon is cut short by a brutal murder. As secrets that have been buried in the sands of time finally resurface, can the world-famous detective, Hercule Poirot, untangle the web of lies and solve another crime?
Tickets are on sale now, available from www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 641122 or visit the box office at His Majesty’s Theatre or the Music Hall.